Canadian country music star Josh Stumpf will be bringing the ‘Leftover Whiskey’ to the Gold Coast’s Groundwater Country Music Festival this week.

Each week, the team at Countrytown finds the best new country songs to add to our weekly playlist, The Country Drop. Here's our picks released this week, October 2, 2026.

"I'm so fucking burnt out being an artist," Josh Setterfield told fans on social media.

“She didn’t really give me a choice,” Lambert said. “If Ella wants it, you’re doing it.”

From feminist rage anthems to True Blood quotes, Tori Forsyth breaks down every track on her new album, 'Self Preservation,' for Countrytown.

"It’s a lot to walk away from, but we’d rather go out on a high than risk the event being prevented from continuing by circumstances beyond our control," said Big Red Bash founder Greg Donovan.

As Kaitlin Butts readies the release of her new album, she's utilised a range of venues around the world – including Australia – to announce its contents.

Langley returned to the stage the next night, saying she wasn't "gonna live in fear."

Newcastle, the party starts when the festival stops!

"What happens in Australia will only happen in Australia," Church teases of his 2027 visit.